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Re: Wildcat NTSB report
Posted by Ryan Harris on Thu Oct 23, 2003 04:20:39 PM
In reply top Wildcat NTSB report posted by John Beyl on Thu Oct 23, 2003 01:24:24 PM
I understand that the report is an initial one and a fairly comprehensive one at that compared to what we usually see but there are a few error as they state.
One being that the photo flight was not part of the Wings Over Houston event. Alan has stated that in his post. If I remember right, they all left around 5:30ish. This was almost about an hour and a half after the show and airspace waver had ended.
I'm also not sure about the 200 ft altitude he was reported at. I watched every move he made and my best estimate as to where he entered the stall, would be around 500-600 ft. I also don't remember seeing any 360 degree turns. I remember steep S turns.
It was a very tragic event and thank god that there was no airshow crowd to see it happen. The airshow people that did see it, were the ones at the after party.